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| Tuesday, 14 June 2011 07:57 |
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Monday 13th June - a public holiday so a chance to go for my run a bit later (instead of on tuesday, where I would have to do it in the dark). It was terribly cold - the clear sky tricked into thinking it would be warm and I immediately regretted my decision to run in a singlet! But it was a good session. A long warm up again, 10 km run with 3x5 minutes pieces at 10k race pace. Tuesday - myofascial release with the foam roller again. Much less sore! Wednesday - I decided to run at lunchtime. A beautiful and almost warm sunny day, despite a volcanic ash cloud way up high. 6x 600m sprints, around and around Kensington oval. Worked very hard, very lactatey (it's not a word, but you know how it feels....), and very virtuous. Stretch out again well tomorrow Actually, I read this blog today and it resonated. I have long maintained (years and years) that the hardest part of going for a run was tying your shoes, and I have challenged that belief with a lot of the workload stuff I have done in recent months. There have been much harder parts of the training than tying my shoes and todays session was proof of that. But I have never regretted getting out there, never regretted doing a session. It feels good. It is such a privilege to have a body that can move well (I have never actually watched myself run, you see!!), that is strong, healthy and able. It is something that I do try to celebrate every day, and be thankful for. And I am going to get to run in New York - yay!! Thursday - Well, I jinxed myself a little. I slept 2 hours last night because my knee was so sore. I didn't stretch enough after yesterdays run, I was too cold through the afternoon and evening, and the slight left foot sprain on monday that hurt ever so slightly when running yesterday must have changed my mechanics enough that my claf went into overdrive and my knee has ached unremittingly since midnight on wednesday. Preggie class stretch, along with much other stretching. Friday - big myofascial release session. Can't wait for yoga tomorrow. Saturday - 90 mins yoga - back bends this week. My least favourite session, but I feel better for it. I also did my 60 minute run. My knee hurt. Not happy - the first time my knee has been sore while I have been running. I have been doing all I can to settle it down. Sunday - a day at home with the kids. No training. Still knee rehabbing.
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The Cancer Council came out this week and announced that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, and that alcohol should be considered to be as carcinogenic as smoking and asbestos are. As well as being highly associated with throat and mouth cancers, it is now found to correlate highly with breast and bowel cancers. Perhaps it should not be so surprising that a substance that can so alter mood and ability, even at very mild levels should turn out to be in fact, not good for us.
This story, an editorial from the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this year has some amazing targets - it ties in with our look at sitting and health, and is about developing healthcare systems that support exercise - recognise it as being as vital a measure of our health as is blood sugar levels or blood pressure. It recommends 150 minutes of physical activity per week for adults as a minimum. 30 mins on 5 days. For children, it is 420 mins / week - 60 minutes every day. How close are you?
This is another article on inactivity / obesity and health from Sports Medicine Australia, highlighting the link between an inactive childhood and a lifetime of battling depression. It is food for thought (!) these days where there seems to be much paranoia about safety of children away from their parents watchful eyes, and therefore a tendency to want to keep them closely under watch instead of encouraging more activity and indeed risk taking behaviours. The ability to judge situations for risk and to be able to take appropriate risks builds self esteem and resilience. Not much to do with bowel cancer awareness, but close to my heart as well.
Another article on sitting
This one is in really simple terms - if you walk 30 mins (as recommended) and sleep 8 hours, most of us still have 15.5 hours per day not moving. You cannot sit all day behind a screen, then drive your car and sit and watch tv with out it being bad for you. A good read.